RRB JE Mathematics Preparation Tips

The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) is yet to conduct the recruitment exams for the Junior Engineers (JE) tentatively in the month of April/ May 2019. For this year, the board announced for 13,487 vacancies. In this article, let’s have a look at the preparation for the Mathematics section.

Before looking for the preparation of RRB JE Mathematics section, it is necessary that the candidates must be aware of the exam pattern. The exam will be held in two stages. They are as follows:

1. Computer Based Test Stage I:

Name of the sections

Number of questions

Total marks

General Intelligence & Reasoning

25

25

Mathematics

30

30

General Awareness

15

15

General Science

30

30

Total

100

100

The duration of the CBT I exam is 90 minutes. The candidates who are able to clear the stage I of the CBT will be allowed to appear for the Stage II exam. In order to qualify in the CBT I, the candidates must clear the cutoff marks as fixed by the exam authority. Following is the exam pattern:

2. Stage II of CBT:

Name of the sections

Number of sections

Total marks

General Awareness

15

15

Technical Abilities

100

100

Physics & Chemistry

15

15

Basics of Computers & Applications

10

10

Basics of Environment & Pollution Control

10

10

Total

150

150

The time duration for the CBT II exam is for 120 minutes. Each question will comprise of one mark and for each wrong answer, 1/3 marks will be subtracted from the marks allotted for each question as there is negative marking applicable.

After qualifying in both the stages, the candidates will be called for document verification process where the candidates must be required to submit the necessary documents as requested by the exam board. After all the above-mentioned process, the candidates will be recruited for the post of RRB JE.

Before getting into the tips to prepare for the Mathematics section, let s have a glance at the topics to be studied: